Is MS a possibility?

[panda1982]

Good evening,

I have been having excruciating, constant headaches/migraines everyday for the past 2 1/2 - 3 months along with nauseau.  I have been having neck and back pain and I lack muscle.  The neck pain is concentrated on the right hand side and the back pain is at the bottom of my spine.  Also, my vision fluctuates, but is still 20/20 when I go in to the eye doctor and I do not have glaucoma.  I have been checked by four different eye doctors, one of them specializing in glaucoma.  I have been seeing halos/glare around objects/lighst in rooms and glare/halos from stoplights and headlights.  My eyes seem to get quite dry, but I use eye drops, so that should be helping.  In the past month, or a little more, I have begun to have tingling in my legs and arms, but this comes and goes.  I saw a neurologist back at the beginning of November, and he did an MRI of my brain.  When he looked at the results, he didn't see any white spots and everything looked fine.  I did see one white area on one of the x-rays, but he said it wasn't in a location to be anything of concern.  After this, I had more extensive labwork done to check my thyroid and make sure everything was fine with that.  The only thing they found was that I was deficient in Vitamin D.  I also had my glucose levels checked twice in September and October.  I am currently seeing a chiropractor who cracks my back and just does some maintenance right now for ten minutes.  I have gone three times so far.  I was wondering if these symptoms could be related to MS?  Also, should I have any x-rays done on my back/neck and if so, who should conduct those?              

[HVAC]

You might want to start a new post this post is years old. I am not sure if Panda is even still around, could be?

Alex

[Kicko4321]

Panda hi, did they find out your problem. Four months ago I started with a debilitating weakness and today I have the exact symptoms you are having along with constipation and some numbness that comes and goes. Everyone of my tests have come normal except that I'm mildly deficient in vitamin d. I'm am completely lost and desperate as everyone(including) doctors think that is more mental than physical.

[Quixotic1]

Hi, Welcome to our forum.  I am so sorry you didn't get a response.  Things have been off-kilter since the holidays.

The history you give us does not sound particularly like MS.  There have been reports of MS presenting with severe or new headaches, but they are not common.  If you live near a city I would recommend that you see a headache specialist since this seems to be the most severe of your symptoms.

Your eye symptoms also seem to be very bothersome.  The two major things you mention - halos and dry eyes - are not associated with optic neuritis.  this is according to my neurologist, whom I respect a  great deal.  He is also a neuro-opthalmologist.  When I was having halos from lights at night, he told me that this was more indicative of a refractive error (you are 20/20) or from glaucoma (you have been checked for this).  

Your neck and back seem to be problematic and I would think that an MRI of your neck and spine would be a good idea.  Your symptoms sound more like a problem in that area, in the vertebral column, though, rather than the spinal cord.  Your PCP should be able to order this to see if the vertebrae and the discs are in good shape.

The only thing I can think off that would involve the spinal cord would be a Chiari malformation.  This can often present as headaches and visual problems.

We have a forum for Chiari Malformations and you might want to inquire there:

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/257

You have dry eyes.  I believe that dryness can cause the halo effect.  Do you have a dry mouth?  You might ask your main doctor (PCP) to check for any signs of an inflammatory autoimmune disorder.  To begin with these are a series of blood tests.  One of these disorders, called Sjogren's Syndrome, can cause dry eyes and dry mouth and have other symptoms also.

Mainly, I think that you need evaluation for your headaches, and maybe an MRI of your neck.  MS seems very unlikely.

I hope this has helped.

Quix